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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-533-7, Aug ’98, £6.99, x+566pp, tp, cover by The Senate); Anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Jane Yolen, Hilaire Belloc, and Rosemary Sutcliff. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-530-2, Apr ’98, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp); Anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, including eight originals by authors including James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, Neil Gaiman, Anne Gay, and Tom Holt.

Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-559-0, Aug ’98, £6.99, 440pp, tp); Associational collection of 29 original stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Tom Holt, Phyllis Ann Karr, and David Langford.

Traces Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225427-1, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £16.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore); Collection of 21 SF stories.

Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice A. S. Byatt (Chatto & Windus 0-701-16823-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £12.00, 230pp, hc, cover by Edvard Munch); Collection of six mainstream and literary fantasy stories, including the original fantasy novella, ‘Cold’.

Ghosts and Grisly Things Ramsey Campbell (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-08-9, Sep ’98, £6.99, xvi+300pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Horror collection of 20 stories, one original. A hardcover edition (-07-0, £16.99) is also available. A limited edition (-06-2) was announced but not seen.

dwb: Deepwater Black: The Complete Story Ken Catran (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-72705-5, Jan ’98, £5.99, 503pp, pb); Young-adult omnibus of the “Deepwater Black” trilogy of SF novels (all re-named for this edition). A TV tie-in to the 1997 serial. The books are separately paginated.

Disco 2000 ed. Sarah Champion (Sceptre 0-340-70771-2, Feb ’98, £6.99, 365pp, tp); Anthology of 19 original mainstream and genre stories, all taking place in the last hours of 31st December 1999. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Neal Stephenson, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert Anton Wilson, and Paul Di Filippo.

The Paladin Mandates Mike Chinn (The Alchemy Press 0-9532260-0-X, Jan ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.50, 95pp, ph, cover by Bob Covington); Horror/fantasy collection of 6 stories, 3 original, about an occult adventurer. The 3 reprint stories have all been significantly revised for this edition. Available from 46 Oxford Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT.

Doctor Who: Short Trips ed. Stephen Cole (BBC Books 0-563-40560-0, Mar ’98, £4.99, x+336pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; Original anthology of 15 stories based on various incarnations of the TV character.

The Dream-Woman and other stories Wilkie Collins (Phoenix 0-75380-454-9, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £3.99, x+241pp, tp, cover by Richard Prideaux); Collection of 11 stories, selected, edited, and with an introduction by Peter Miles.

The Sorrows of Satan Marie Corelli (Oxford University Press 0-19-283324-3, Jun ’98, £5.99, xxvi+401pp, tp, cover by Paul Mathey); Reprint (Methuen 1895) fantasy novel. Subtitled “or The Strange Experiences of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire: A Romance”. This new Oxford edition includes a revision of the 1996 introduction, with an added chronology and explanatory notes, all by Peter Keating.

12 Irish Ghost Stories ed. Patricia Craig (Oxford University Press 0-19-288070-5, Apr ’98, £4.99, x+144pp, tp); Ghost anthology.

The Kin Peter Dickinson (Macmillan UK 0-333-73735-0, 1998 [Nov ’98], £14.99, 632pp, hc) [Kin]; Omnibus of all four parts of the young-adult prehistoric series, being published in separate volumes in the US. At least two of the parts are original to this volume.

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